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Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf...
Timeline of Events
1878
12.18.1878
The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar
1971
9.3.1971
Qatar becomes an independent state
9.21.1971
Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.
1981
5.25.1981
In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
1995
6.26.1995
Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup.